Fishing Report

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Saturday, February 12th, 2011

  • California
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Starting fishing around 7:00 a.m started at main point nothing so ran down to strawberry flats first 4 casts picked up three keepers fished there for about 3 hours with a total of 8 fish.
      City: Taft

      Tips: Fish started moving up shallow as the day went on fished slow with a drop shot.

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the 12th and 13th. Tough fishin'. Moved around a lot trying different terrains, working jigs, drop shot, plastics, some deep, slow crank baits. Couldn't find a pattern. Missed a few because of some over-aggressive hook sets. Soft bite! Otherwise, skunked two days in a row. Trolled for steel head on the way out of Warm Springs in desperation.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: A storm front was off the coast on this beautiful weekend. My hopes weren't high but skunked? Sure is a pretty lake though and there was hardly a boat on it all weekend. It was a good day to test props!

Friday, February 11th, 2011

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Up from Sacramneto for a day and a half of fishing. Fished with minnows and found 12 bass between 3 and 6 lbs. All fish were in 20-25 feet. tried deeper tried shallower, that depth was the key. Also tried artificals with no luck even when we knew the fish were there.
      City: Sacramento

  • Merced, California
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      Water Temp: 53-54

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Great Day on Kelsey Bass Ranch. Three boats and six guys boating around 40 bass in the 2.5-3.5 lb range in 4 hours. Im the first one back, and they are still out there fishing as I type.

      They started out with a Norman Deep N in a shad pattern, and Steve of Berserkbaits had an easy limit. BY 830-900 the rest of us showed up, doing better on slop jigs and dropshot. River2Sea 3/8 host minnow spinnerbait claimed its due as well. Also the Prototype new River2sea mini frog showed up as I was leaving, it looked awesome. Angelo from Bait barn and river2sea prostaff even started fishing the River2sea rover...and its February! ...62+ degree weather...t-shirts...February!
      City: Atwater

      Tips: Look in the middle for better fish. The wood had fish too but we weren't even counting the fish under 2 lbs.

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

  • California
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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: i am interested in when the lake re-opens for boats?
      thanks in advance
      City: san jose

  • Mariposa County, California
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      Water Temp: 54

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: the bites are still out there, it is tougher but I got 7 nice keepers on senkos, and two nice rip bait fish. All very fat fish. We have been doing well on the dam, spillway and the temperance area.
      many are coming inot my Merced store "inside lines" and buying rip baits for McClure.
      City: Merced

  • California
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      Water Temp: 51 to 53

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Pulled up at 10 am and went straight back the river almost to the shallows. Saw some shad boiling on surface and graphed some fish below them. Got right on top the the boil and dropped the spoon down. Caught a snag with a spoon the first time. Second time a 4.5 lber. Followed by a two 3 lbers on the 3rd and 4th drop. Bite slowed after wards. Saw another shad boil across the other side and did the same thing. Caught about 8 more in the 2.5 lb range. Had about close to 15 lbs. best 5 by noon. Spoon bite stopped then decided to throw some darter head and hula grubs as per the report. Got a few more fish with the darter heads with 2 quality fish up to 3 lbs. Nothing on the hula grub or jigs. Off the water by 4:00 pm. Man what a day.
      City: Visalia

      Tips: Look for schools of bait fish anywhere between 15 to 25 feet of water. Spoons were working for some time. Fish are at the banks later in the day it looks like. The grub and jig bite didn't look too good. Good luck to all!

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

  • San Luis Obispo County, California
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      Water Temp: 50-53

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: the water has cooled a few degrees. the fish have suspended in deeper water in areas they were staging for the spawn just a few days ago. they were pretty tite lipped today. only caught a few
      City: Paso Robles

      Tips: the bites are very soft and suttle

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

  • Lake County, California
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      Water Temp: 47

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Clients had a very good week using minnows in the northern end of the lake, in water from 4' to 9'. One of my very good clients had one of the best days ever, catching 22 quality bass in just 5 hours. He had a 2-6's, 3-5's & his personal best a nice 9.2, all the rest were from 3 to 4 plus pounds. In all there were 58 bass caught on just 3 half day trips. The lure bite is there but its not the best, however with this warm weather, things are starting to pick up. Now if the very cool nights were too warm, things should start to get the pre- spawen'ers moving up and feeding a lot more. Tight-Lines" Hope to see you on the water.
      City: Kelseyville

      Tips: A varity of lures are working ie:rip baits, lipless crank baits & jig's, in both the deep water & shallow. It's just a very slow bite, so if you wan't to just have fun and catch some very nice bass, try the minnows..

  • Shasta County, California
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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I went up the sac today, way better than pit. The fish seem fatter also.
      City: redding

      Tips: Still throwing that brown jig in 20-40 feet.

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      Water Temp: 47-48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Two of us fished this past Saturday and Sunday. Boy it was TOUGH!!!!! On Saturday we fished the Sacramento arm and were only able to catch4 fish drifting a live minnow. We saw quite a few groups of fish, but most of them were not feeding. Also quite a few balls of bait. We threw senko's in 4 different colors, we tried dart headed worm (mothers finest) in three different colors, hula grub on football head, and flukes. Sunday we fished the main body and again only caught 4 fish on minnows. Again saws lots of fish in 50 to 100 feet of water, saw bait, but only would get one fish or none. Most fish though were fat??? They must be feeding sometime????? Water was clear down to at least 20 feet.
      City: Rough and Ready

Monday, February 7th, 2011

  • Yuba County, California
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      Water Temp: 48-52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I fished Collins today (sunny warm day with a few clouds), and after discounting any reaction bite (cranks/rips), I went to a small spider jig. After the switch, I connected on 7 fat spots with the heaviest @3.2lbs (all other fish >2.25lbs with only one 1.5lber). All of my fish were between 23-27'with no particular area being better than another -stay near deep water.
      City: Loma Rica

      Tips: Dragging the 1/4ounce jigs appeared to work the best...bite is subtle, so work your bait slowly.

Sunday, February 6th, 2011

  • California
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      Water Temp: 46-50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fishing was pretty slow today. Got out about 0730 this morning and started fishing near the Bear River area. Water temp in that area was about 46 degress. Only one hit on Tx Rig Black Burkley Power Bait. Moved over to the Rock Creek area with no Luck. Ran into a guy who had caught two Bass (2 lb each) in the Rock Creek area but that was it. No one else I talked to had any luck. Water Temp in the Rock Creek area was a little warmer at 50 degrees. Hopefully it will start picking up in the next few weeks. Tried the dam area trying jigs and rattle trap with no luck. The wind was about 15-20 so the boat was moving a little fast to have any luck in the area around the Dam.
      City: Plumas Lake

  • Sonoma County, California
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      Water Temp: 56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Caught four fish between 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM, 2-1/2 lbs., 3 lbs, 3-1/2 lbs. and 4 lbs. in that order. I wonder if I'd fished the rest of the day if that pattern would have continued? Caught on 1/2 oz. jig and lizard. The four pounder was caught on a jig and reg. sized brush hog.
      City: Rohnert Park

      Tips: Winter fishing...all solo fish. Moved around a lot looking for rocky points with submerged brush. Fishing from 32'-35' of water toward the points, dragging slow, not jigging. All caught in about 20'-25' of water. Soft bite so lighter line and sensitive 7' rod did well.

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

  • Mason County, California
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      Water Temp: 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: I'm a total amateur, I caught 2 fish on the boat, 25 ft deep, mostly north end, drop shotting with a purple robo worm. Pretty windy out there at times which made it tough. Didn't fish much by the dam. Falling barometer. Talked to some other boats that got 10+.
      City: San Jose, CA

  • Napa County, California
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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather temp was 70 and windy with lots of chop on the water on the main lake. Launched out of Markley Cove around 8:00 and fished until 1:00 pm. Caught three nice fish all around 2.5 lbs on drop shot Robo Worm, Oxblood in 20-25 feet of water on main points. Missed one bite but it felt like a quick tap from a small fish. Lots of boats on the water, seemed like a boat on every point at times.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Watch your graph...every time I saw three or four fish on the graph together is when I got my bite; could never cast back in the same spot and get bit again.

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Weather temp was 70 and windy with lots of chop on the water on the main lake. Launched out of Markley Cove around 8:00 and fished until 1:00 pm. Caught three nice fish all around 2.5 lbs on drop shot Robo Worm, Oxblood in 20-25 feet of water on main points. Missed one bite but it felt like a quick tap from a small fish. Lots of boats on the water, seemed like a boat on every point at times.
      City: Elk Grove

      Tips: Watch your graph...every time I saw three or four fish on the graph together is when I got my bite; could never cast back in the same spot and get bit again.

  • Solano County, California
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      Water Temp: 49 - 52

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched "BASSBUSTER1" out of Ladd's today noticed motor starting to sputter so did not travel as far as I wanted,time for service lol.

      Any ways decided to work the main channel points before the wind came up. Looked for outside weed lines and drop offs. Black/Blue jig&pigs in 10 - 15 feet of water was the ticket for me out to 14 Mile Slough and back.
      City: Stockton

      Tips: Look for the warmer water temps, coves were 1 to 2 degrees warmer than the main channel. The north wind forced me off the water.

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      Water Temp: 50

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Launched outta Ladds. fished the shollow wood on the point to the main channel leaving Ladds on a jig and lost the fish, felt decent.Fished two more areas just off main channel with no bits, so i headed south. Went to victoria got one 4lber pn a corlina rig in 8' of water dragging a six inch worm, got one more bite and missed the fished, need to let the fish swim with it a little before setting the hook. The damn wind came up so i headed for home.Drug a jig in deep water most of the day with no bites.
      City: modesto

      Tips: night temps need to rise and the bite will improve.

  • California
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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: What a day i was fishing with a buddy and he was hammering the bass on 6-inch purple worm. I finally got on on the same Color.We hit all the points and caught 10 bass in all, the biggest was 4.5 pounds. tight lines Chief
      City: Camarillo

      Tips: Drop-shotting the worm and moving it very slow.